Organochlorine exposure and risk of breast cancer

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9143, 1998, Pages 1816-1820

  Høyer, Annette Pernille ^a,c,f   Grandjean, Philippe ^b   Jørgensen, Torben ^c   Brock, John W ^d   Hartvig, Helle Bøggild ^e  

^a Copenhagen Ctr for Prospective P ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Centre of Preventive Medicine   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032488348     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)04504-8     Document Type: Article

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